With Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie in the fold, and Samuel due a $9.4 million base salary next season, there’s been talk that the 31-year-old Samuel is no longer necessary, but he says he proved in 2011 that he’s important to the Eagles’ defense.

“I’m getting ready for next year,” Samuel said. “I had a productive season.”

Samuel says he hasn’t spoken with new secondary coach Todd Bowles, but he believes he’ll be able to do whatever Bowles asks him to do.

“Yeah, I’ll play whatever I need to play. As long as you make the play, what difference does it make?” Samuel said.

The question is whether Samuel will be making plays in Philadelphia or somewhere else.

let’s keep 22….he’s one player who brings excitement…he’s a risk taker and makes things happen….The defense needs some continuity…if he doesn’t start, he can come in and roam around and cause some havoc:)

If that genius Howie Roseman would have just taken the best offer(but as always the case this team over values everybody) and moved him prior to the season we would have been a playoff team.That way we could have played man on man the way we did at the end of the season with 2 DB’S capable of manning up.Instead we had Namni playing zone and Rogers Cromartie playing slot/zone all to accommodate Asante Samuels zone coverage style.If we would have moved him we would have been a much better defense,what was the point in getting 2 of the NFL’s top cover guys and playing them in a “zone defense”. From my seats it was just painful to watch every week

Extremely likely he is traded. They rolled the dice last year with his 5.4 salary but it’s up to 8 this year and he cannot co-exist with Nnamdi. Adam Caplan said he is probably worth a 3rd round pick.
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The article says he is due 9.4 mill not 8. Either way nobody is going to take him with that type of money.

sjoyner59 – As my friend the EaGirls fan says, this team has won a bunch of woulda/coulda/shoulda championships while my NY Giants have won the real things. Stop with the wishful scenarios and talk about what did happen instead.

9.4 mil seems pretty steep, I would ask him to take a pay-cut. If he refuses then its time to trade/cut him. I see steeler players take a paycut to stay with the team. By him not taking a payct shows how much he cares about his team. Good DB but we dont need any more me-first selfish players, thats not how you win a title.

I would love for him to be back with the birds….IF he’s willing to re-structure his contract. He a solid player and even at 31 he’s better than “MR. I cant turn my hips, but I run really fast DRC” but not he’s (Asante) not worth 9.4 million.

kenny1976 says:
Feb 11, 2012 9:10 AM
Shoulda stayed in New England.
Now look at ya you cant even make the playoffs

Look what happens when you have a couple good years and chase the pot of gold.

Instead of championships!
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What has the cheating spygate patriots done since they got caught cheating and Samuel left oh that’s right not win a super bowl. Samuel didn’t want to be a part of a cheating organization. If had stayed in new England he would have won as many as he did in Philly but atleast he gets paid in Philly unlike to stingy ass pats that rufuse to pay there on players any good money cause they knew with there cheating ways they could win with whoever mind as well save money. Now it’s caught up to them they are the laughing stock ad punch line of the nfl.

For the life of me I couldn’t understand why Nnamdi (whose making top 3 corner money) was playing slot and safety on 3rd downs. For the money he’s making he should be lined up out wide not matter what.

dude is absolutely getting cut. Thats way too much money for Samuel. Hes a decent corner but hes not a $9 million a year type player. Eagles would be better off spending that money on another WR to replace Me-sean Jackson

It’s amazing the way some fans see what they want to see. Go back and watch a replay of super bowl 42. Samuel had no shot at an interception. He jumped as high as he could and the ball went off the TOP of his fingers. That means he wasn’t tall enough and would have never made the play. It didn’t go through his hands like you homers like to make believe.

The fact that so many people are hell bent on getting rid of Asante in order to start DMC and Nnamdi is Absurd & just straight up Idiotic.

The move sounds likely, but the people here need to stand up and say no. To let this man walk would be a huge mistake! He has been a corner stone of our defense for the last 4-5 years and he has earned the right to stay here.

I don’t know why everyone’s so eager to run Asante out of town. Yeah, he’s not a great tackler. So what? He’s among the league leaders in interceptions every single year. Assuming they can afford him, I’d much rather have Asante than DRC.

Oh right, I forgot, this is Philly and everyone has to be a tough guy or you’re not “one of us”.